The City Tech Library supports faculty to replace textbooks with no-cost open/alternative course materials through a faculty development program called the Open Educational Resources (OER) Fellowship. I participated in the OER Fellowship in Spring 2019 and developed a Communication Design Theory OER for use by faculty teaching Communication Design Theory COMD 3504.
Cumulative Self Evaluation
“Community Collaboration” Teaching Course Improvements and Coordination: Over the last five years, as more of my workload hours at City Tech have shifted from Teaching to Service, I have had the opportunity to focus on what is most essential in my work with students. I feel fortunate to have been able to devote my time […]
A Brief History of Failure
The road to innovation is paved with failed designs. What follows is — depending on how you want to think about it — either a gallery of technologies we lost or an invitation to consider alternate futures. Some of what might have been is fantastical: a subway powered by air, an engine run off the […]
Learning Community Ideas 2014
Ideas to Explore: “If you’re not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else’s mind.” Noam Chomsky in “Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?” Ship of Theseus Psychic continuity Simulations of the Retina Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Drawing needs to be a curriculum essential
Drawing has creative, expressive and educational value; it remains fundamental to translating and analysing the world– Anita Taylor “Drawing remains a central and pivotal activity to the work of many artists and designers – a touchstone and tool of creative exploration that informs visual discovery. It fundamentally enables the visualisation and development of perceptions and ideas. […]
Not STEM, STEAM
“The neurobiologist Antonio Damasio has written about Descartes’ error that, to put it in shorthand, “I think therefore I am.” Damasio instead makes the compelling argument, empirically based in neurology, that feeling and emotions as expressed in art and music play a central role in high-level cognitive reasoning….. much of the focus in education these days […]
Link Between Art, Perception, and the Self
“When you look at a painting and feel that somehow it was made just for a person like you, it might actually be true. New neuroscience research shows that deep feeling of personal resonance from some works of art is linked to your brain’s sense of self.” Neuroaesthetic Research Probes Link Between Art, Perception, and the […]
Open Culture
The British Library Puts 1,000,000 Images into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Reuse & Remi The best free cultural & educational media on the web The British Library Puts 1,000,000 Images into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Reuse & Remix
Open Pedagogies on the OpenLab – Poster Session
11th Annual Poster Session of Faculty and Student Research, City Tech “Open Pedagogies on the OpenLab” November 21, 2013 The Annual City Tech Poster Session exhibits the research of faculty and students. On behalf of the OpenLab we presented the OpenLab poster to students, faculty and staff. Open Pedagogies on the OpenLab Jody Rosen, English […]
Self Reflection: The Glorification of Busy
“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?” – Henry D. Thoreau 1857 I’ve stayed at City Tech for the last 11 years, because I love teaching and I love the students and faculty I am honored to work with. When I look back on those years and reflect […]